Hi Everyone! My friend Mikey who was rescued 3 years ago from a not so good home has decided to put up a facebook page. He wants everyone to see what a great life he has now and I am hearing rumors that he is going to ask his favorite girl Darcy to Marry […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Hitch just told me all about Mikey’s new facebook page. He says Mikey wants to tell everyone about his adventures! Its called The Adventures Of Mikey The Boston Terrier! https://www.facebook.com/MikeysNewAdventures

For those of you that have read our first short adventure book “The Case of The Missing Tiara” you will remember Zoey. In our first book you found out that she was in a bad place emotionally after the loss of her dear Mister. I was very good friends with her and Mister. After […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

We have quite the savvy dog parents in town! When their 4 legged family member comes to stay overnight or even if they are on a special meal plan they bring their backpack or container pre-measured for each meal and treats separately packaged with their schedule. It makes it so easy for us at meal […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

On Sunday we pre-cooked all of our meals for the week and divided up breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. It’s actually been pretty cool doing this. We think we should do this for an entire month so that we can determine if it has made a difference in how we feel. Just having all food […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

The first 10 days have flown by. It’s really not a diet but just a change in eating. Having meals made up and ready has been actually really great! I have been looking forward to my variety of lunch’s and snacks everyday. All three of us think we feel just a little different… like not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

The Best Place for “Happy Hour”!!! It’s so easy just to stop at Sonic for a Sweet Tea with Peach ….oh and a Peach Slushie also sounds great! It’s just outside my office door! Well, in the last 10 days I have decided to cut down on the Sweet Teas & Slushies. Normally its a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Its been over 6 weeks since 3 of us at The Hound Hut changed how we eat. We began at New Years preparing and bagging all of our meals. We thought by now we would know whether it has made any difference and if its worth all of the work that my friend and business […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

After seeing this “foot bath” that is supposed to be great my business partner and I decided to give it a try! Shocking but it does work and its not expensive to do. Meranda stopped at the dollar store so we would each have our own foot pan. So that was $1 each, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

What is Environmental Sustainability? It’s about our business making responsible decisions that will reduce negative impact on the environment. The Hound Hut hopes to be the first business in Gahanna to create a garden of fresh vegetables. There is an enclosed outdoor area at our business and we wanted to try container/tabletop gardening. One of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

We had a great Open House & Picnic at The Hound Hut today! My business partner Meranda who loves to cook and is a Southern gal said she was going to make “Cowboy Caviar” as a side for the picnic. The name sounded fun but I am so not a bean person! She picked up […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Here is the recipe- Very Easy! 1 Pound Ground Turkey 2 peppers (sliced)(We like red and yellow peppers best) 1 onion (sliced) 1 grated potato (We used left over uncooked hash-browns which about 1 cup was equal to a shredded potato) 1 egg Choose your own spices but we used Garlic Salt, Pepper and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

This week Gahanna was one of the hardest hit areas locally with storms that brought up to 80 mph winds! While we had some minimal damage to the Hound Hut garden, it was so exciting to walk out this morning and see our first Zucchini!! It just sprouted up practically overnight! We hope that others […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

We are all about left -overs here at the Hut because most days it’s so busy that there is no time to fix something to eat. Earlier this week we had Spaghetti and Garlic Bread for dinner. There was enough left over for a couple servings. Since we planned to use the left overs up […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

The Hound Hut’s first ripened garden tomato’s are getting the taste test today! What better way then to make BBT’s!! Biscuits (Make your own or get them in a tube) Bacon (We use Turkey bacon-fry it crisp with a little oil) Tomato When the golden brown hot biscuits come out of the oven spread a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

We got some more tomato’s (cherry & regular) from the Hound Hut garden with cucumbers so its time to make this quick summer salad. You can use whatever veggies you would like. We are using what we are growing and it can be a stand alone summer cool salad or also goes great on chicken […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

This weekend’s Hound Hut side dish recipe was the Parmesan Zucchini. It tasted fantastic! Of course you can be creative on what you put on our zucchini but here is a recipe in case you need one. We are having a great summer grilling and eating vegetables from the Hound Hut garden! We had […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Paula Dean uses a buttermilk and hotsauce marinade for her fried chicken so we decided to use it tonight but try it with grilled chicken! We marinaded boneless chicken tenderloins with a mixture of 1/4 cup of buttermilk and 1/4 cup of hot sauce. We let the chicken marinade while we worked all day here […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

The Hound Hut Garden is doing great! We have been making lots of meals with tomato’s which include Fried Green Tomato’s! We have yellow and red bell peppers that are getting really big but still green in color. Our biggest challenge has been the zucchini and squash plants. We were having great starts only to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

This evening was the best! When they say starting a business leaves little time for anything else except running the business it is definately true! It’s been two years since I have been out to eat with my friend and business partner Meranda. For the last two months we said we were going to arrange […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Feeling the need for some comfort food this week. The great thing about whipping up these meals you don’t have to be a pro! Use ingredients you have on hand! This can be made without chicken for a “Meatless Monday” dish thats still comforting!!! One recipe we tried was a casserole that reminded us of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

After almost 6 months of bagging our food for the week we were feeling so much better. Meranda, Marty and myself lost about 100 pounds between the three of us. We were doing great but our business was in high gear with Summer vacations starting so we decided to take a break. BIG MISTAKE!! Although […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Whats great about recipes is that you can change it depending on what you like! Meranda made a quick easy dip today that could also work well as a side dish. We used tortilla’s to scoop it up and just sayin it was excellent!! We have tried a few corn dip recipes this year and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Many times we post on the Hound Hut Facebook page our “Thanks” to our clients who go out of their way not only for their dogs but who are so kind and gracious to us and trust us to care for their pups whether its daycare, an overnight or just a haircut! In the beginning, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

SAUSAGE APPLESAUCE APPETIZER! This can be served as an appetizer or even a regular dish! Meranda is trying out easy breezy appetizers for our upcoming Halloween Open House! We sampled it this weekend as a regular dish but it will be great to serve with toothpicks after you take it out of the oven. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

2 Blocks Cream Cheese Room Temp Small Jar Chipped Beef 1 Cup Mayo- ( We use Kroger brand.. we like it better than the name brands..lol) 4 Scallions Chopped Dash Of Worchestershire Sauce Mix well and chill before serving.Also you can add more mayo depending on how creamy you like your dip! Great on crackers, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

If you like pineapple this is an quick and easy mix that goes great on crackers( Especially town house) and pitas! Also use white bread and cut off the crusts to make finger sandwiches!! We make this up at the Hut on days that we know there is no time for lunch! It’s easy to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

We posted the mini-quiche recipe recently that we used turkey bacon and they turned out to be a great breakfast item. Since that day we have been experimenting using other ingredients such as turkey sausage which is also very good. Today Meranda thought we would make them with turkey pepperoni making a Pizza Quiche!! We […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Not sure if we have posted this recipe before or not but its the time of year for appetizers. Whether it’s a holiday get together or the game-day muchies, this is an easy tasty dip that won’t have you stuck in the kitchen cooking all day! If you like Reubens you will love this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Sharing a good recipe dip from Hungry Jack that we tried. This recipe calls for a can of chili but we used homemade left over turkey chili and it turned out great!! Ingredients: 1 carton (4.2 oz.) Hungry Jack® Premium or Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes 2 cups (8 oz.) shredded Cheddar or Jack cheese (regular or reduced-fat) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Every year just gets better!! Everyone had such a great time at the Open House at The Hound Hut! The Gahanna Women of The Moose hosted monthly meals and came to the Hut with a donation and box of dog goodies for charity. November 1st starts the Tackle to End Hunger Pet food Drive which […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

If you like pineapple upside down cake you will like this! Take a box of Angel Food Cake mix & combine it with a 20 ounce can of crushed pineapple in its own juice. (just stir it with a spoon) THATS ALL!! Once it’s all mixed up,grease and pour it into a 9 x 13 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Being that we are a family owned business we have had a few of our family members help out since we opened five years ago. In the weeks ahead I want to post a little something about our volunteer family members. The first of those family members is Anna. Anna has always had the determination […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

We posted a video of our new note card display on facebook. Hoping it’s a success and at the same time capture great pics of the wonderful pups that come to the hut. The link to Facebook is having difficulty so you can get there by going to our website and clicking on the Facebook […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Anyone that knows me know I love photographing doggie noses. They have such interesting grooves, patterns and colors that are so cool! I want to get some close up pics soon of Tank’s nose but until then I am sharing his very cool nose from a distance! If you look at his nose you will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

We are always finding ways to make due with what we have around. Meranda came up with a good one this week! Whether you are needing to hang your paper towels on chain link at your doggie daycare lol or other areas just use a long bungee cord ! It’s working perfectly in our little […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

If you want to have a meat-less Monday Tuna salad sandwich just substitute a can of great northern beans for the tuna! Drain and rough cut the beans and add ingredients like you would if you were making tuna salad. (ie: mayo,chopped onions,relish). We mix ours a little more on the wet side. It’s great […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Many of you know I love to photograph doggie noses! Today I got another great nose! It’s Penny the boxer and she has a perfect little heart shaped nose! She is definately a love bug and she wears it on her nose!! lol

Salads can be so easy to make and it’s a great way to feel full quicker when eating dinner! Take a head of lettuce and cut into wedges. I bag the wedges to take to work for lunch! We like to use the crumbled feta cheese and blue cheese dressing. It keeps the salad from being […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

This will be our 2nd year at having a garden at the business. It won’t be a big one but will have veggies like fresh tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and must have flowers so everything looks pretty! It’s just a nice little area where we can take a break and also enjoy the out-doors! We hope […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

We had this yummy salad with grilled chicken and cook squash this weekend here at the hut. This recipe is EASY…Just make as much as you need for one serving or more!!! Ice Berg lettuce chopped up as desired 1 can pears in heavy Syrup- cut up 2 pear halves per individual salad. Pecans- (Can […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

If you like Apple Butter you will love this pumpkin butter!! Meranda made it for the Halloween Open House. It was so good!! It’s easy to make so give it a try!! 4 Cups Pumpkin 1 Cup Sugar 2 Cups Brown Sugar One Tbls Pumpkin Spice In Crock Pot Cover and Cook on high one […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

You don’t always have to have a large oven to prepare a Thanksgiving Turkey! We always find ways to cook and bake even if we don’t have an oven. We had a dilemma of finding a turkey roasting pan that could fit in the Toaster oven. Meranda got creative and used a 9 x 13 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

We have posted a Cowboy Caviar recipe before but here is another one that is sure to please! It’s creamy and delish!!! Get your favorite corn chip scoops or can also be used as a side dish! Enjoy!! 2 Cans Mexican Corn (Confetti Corn) 1 Can Rotel Diced Tomatoes with Chilis (Mild) 2 Cups Shredded […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Turkey Cabbage Roll Soup is Yummy! We made this today for dinner. After all of the holiday foods, cookies and desserts we were ready for something a little lighter. This soup is very good and easy to make. We made a large pot full so we can put it in individual containers for lunch […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Meranda and I wanted to share that we have been working on a new Children’s book! We are getting the facebook page up and running so check it out for updates. The release is currently set for mid to late May! We are so very excited! Colleen Here is the facebook link! Please like our […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

For those of us who like watching those calories but don’t want to deprive ourselves of a little chocolate we are sharing an easy chocolate cupcake muffin! Here’s the easy recipe! 1 Devils Food Cake Mix 1 can Pumpkin 1 cup chopped walnuts Mix ingredients together and bake according to the cake mix box directions. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Cut a seedless watermelon into slices cutting off the rind. Brush a little vegetable oil, salt and pepper on the watermelon slices. Place on a hot grill for a minute on each side. Cut up into cubes and refrigerate until cool. When you are ready for dinner combine a bag of Baby Spring mix, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Credit for this recipe goes to Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman) who recently posted this. It looked so good we decided to make it today for the Hound Hut picnic. It was a hit! So light and tasty on this hot summer day!! Here is Ree’s recipe: 1/2 whole Small Seedless Watermelon, Diced 1/2 whole Red […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Note: The peaches we were given were so fresh and juicy that we decreased the liquid just a bit in the recipe so that it would not be soupy. 1/3 cup sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 6 peaches, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch slices (6 cups) 2 tablespoons water 2 teaspoons lemon juice1cup […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

This is a yummy side dish. We can’t take credit for it- It’s on the Campbell Soup site and is a great “comfort food”! Meranda made this dish last night and it was so very good!! Great way to start the fall season! I didn’t get the picture until I already scooped out a portion!! […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Colleen and Lucky were in a car accident last week. We are so grateful they are okay with cuts and bruises. Lucky is so happy to be back to the hut to hang out with friends! He is smiling from ear to ear!

Mix a dozen eggs with flour until it is a stiff consistency. Drop by teaspoons into boiling water with salt. Once spetzels float to top which is about 5 minutes drain and fry in large skillet with a stick of butter. FRY to golden brown […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…